2 comments:

VMS is like a Soviet railroad train. It's basically industrial-strength, butwhen you look at it closely, everything's a little more shabby than you mightlike. It gets the job done, but there's no grace to it.

The Mac operating system is like the monorail at Disney World. It's kind ofspectacular and fun, but it doesn't go much of anywhere. Still, the kids likeit.

Unix is like the maritime transit system in an impoverished country. Theferryboats are dangerous as hell, offer no protection from the weather and leaklike sieves. Every monsoon season a couple of them capsize and drown all thepassengers, but people still line up for them and crowd aboard.

---------------- philg@mit.edu's personal viewpoint

UNIX: you think it won't work, but if you find the right wizard, youcan make it work.